![]() ![]() The whole idea that the two main characters in this film use deep sea diving gear on the lunar surface is cute. This of course doesn't mean people in 64 thought there were aliens running around up there, but back when the original story was published in 1901 I'm guessing people could of thought it possible. Interesting to note that this film was of course made before man actually reached the lunar surface (1969). There on the moon they encounter insect-like aliens hungry for knowledge. It tells the story of how his eccentric inventor neighbour creates a substance that defies or eliminates gravity thus allowing them to fly to the moon in a homemade space sphere (hexagon). The whole story is narrated by the main character as an old man. Although it seems this film isn't as surreal or fantastical as the original story surprisingly. Obviously a more fantastical story from Wells and this British made film certainly has that outlandish angle that's for sure. ![]() Wells story to feature encounters with alien lifeforms after his most famous sci-fi story The War of the Worlds. ![]() Juran thought his film needed a beautiful damsel in distress angle for the wider audience. ![]() Why did they alter the source material? I guess director Nathan H. Bit of a glaring mistake with this adaptation. Or in this case the first men, and one woman, in the moon. ![]()
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